I'm trying to set up a dual UEFI boot Windows/Arch Linux, and have already installed Windows on a GPT layout through UEFI boot. I now want to fresh install Arch Linux using GPT layout as well, and was wondering how I could do that.

More specifically, do I need to modify the content of the core install image to be able to boot from it in UEFI?

If I manage to boot in UEFI from the core install image, will it automatically set up my partitions using GPT layout?

I've read a couples of tutorial on how to set up UEFI boot with Arch, but it seems most of them considered only a situation were Arch Linux was already installed (using MBR layout?)

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I was able to boot Arch from UEFI by using an Archboot image, and then install it on the GPT drive. Then I had to install grub2, which I installed on the same partition as the Microsoft EFI partition, and chainloaded Windows 7 bootloader from it. Thanks!

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